Plures Intelligens Modicum Machinatorem
808 Gilman Street Berkeley, CA 94710 | 510-549-3300 | admin@bearinc.com
Dr. Glen Stevick, P.E. ext. 101 | Dr. Dave Rondinone, P.E. ext. 102 | Derek King, P.E. ext. 103 | Mingxi Zheng, P.E. ext. 106 |
Principal Engineers.
GLEN STEVICK, Ph.D., P.E.
Principal Engineer + CEO
Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc.
E-mail: gstevick@gmail.com
Tel: 510-549-3300 ext. 101
A respected expert in the oil and gas industry, company founder, and CEO of BEAR, Glen Stevick has gained national recognition for his consulting and technical research on the BP Horizon Oil Spill. With more than 30 years of experience in mechanical engineering, Dr. Stevick is a dynamic communicator who is able to bring complex scientific concepts clearly and concisely to nonprofessionals and to trial, making him a highly valued expert witness. His specialties include: design, construction, and failure analysis of oil field and refinery equipment, power plants, solar and hydronic energy systems, numerical analysis and system modeling, analysis of manufacturing processes, heat and mass transfer of power/energy systems and redundancy, and energy dissipation of structural systems.
Dr. Stevick received his B.S. from Michigan Technological University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, where he was a UC Regents Fellowship Award recipient. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International and a Registered Mechanical Engineer in California, Texas, Nevada, Louisiana and Utah.
PHILIP ALEI, Ph.D., P.E.
Principal Engineer and Co-founder
Berkeley Engineering And Research Inc.
E-mail: phil.alei@gmail.com
Company co-founder, Dr. Philip E. Alei is a UC Berkeley educated Ph.D. Mechanical Engineer with over 30 years’ experience in designing, building, and testing prototypes. He is Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) and has taught Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced SolidWorks topics at the college level.
Along with his design expertise, Dr. Alei owns a full machine shop and five 3D printers. One of these printers, a Markforged Mark Two, prints with chopped carbon fiber reinforced nylon. It also has the capability to incorporate continuous fiber reinforcement with fiberglass, Carbon, or Kevlar yielding parts with tremendous strength and stiffness. These lightweight parts are equivalent to or better than quality purchased components, but custom parts can be designed and produced in a matter of days. This combination of skill, experience, and fabrication capability puts BEAR in a unique position to provide ultra-fast design iterations on a large variety of projects.
Staff Engineers.
WEILI CHENG, Ph.D., P.E.
Senior Engineer
Berkeley Engineering And Research Inc.
E-mail: wchengbearinc@gmail.com
Derek King, M.S., P.E.
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer
Berkeley Engineering And Research Inc.
E-mail: dking@bearinc.com
Tel: 510-549-3300 ext.103
Mingxi Zheng, M.S., P.E.
Materials & Mechanical Engineer
Berkeley Engineering And Research Inc.
E-mail: mingxi@bearinc.com
Tel: 510-549-3300 ext. 106
Joseph Dowling, P.h.D., CFEI
Fire Scientist & Mechanical Engineer
Berkeley Engineering And Research Inc.
E-mail: joseph@bearinc.com
Tel: 510-549-3300 ext. 105
Peter Lloyd, P.E.
Mechanical Engineer
Berkeley Engineering And Research Inc.
E-mail: peter@bearinc.com
Tel: 510-549-3300 ext. 105
Advisors.
DAVID RONDINONE, Ph.D., P.E.
Principal Engineer + CTO
Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc.
E-mail: drondinone@gmail.com
David Rondinone joined Berkeley Engineering and Research in 1993, and provides consulting in design and failure analysis, finite element analysis, accident reconstruction and crashworthiness, and mechanical testing. In 2004, he co-founded 4D-Imaging, where he manages the development of three-dimensional scanning devices. He currently provides 3D-scanning and corrosion inspection services internationally for coke drums and refinery piping systems.
Dr. Rondinone's research has included detailed studies of flange stress response, creep behavior of longitudinally welded pipes at high temperature, design of structural supports for a cryogenic superconducting MRI machine, design review of medical implants, dynamic analysis of multistory manufacturing facilities, and frequency analysis of silicon wafer fabrication components. He has co-authored four publications and was a contributing author for API 579, Recommended Practice for Fitness-For-Service. Dr. Rondinone has a Masters and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, where he previously received his B.S. in Engineering Physics and B.A. in Astrophysics.